P. V. Ramana, Arunn Narasimhan*, Dhiman Chatterjee
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.3, No.2, pp. 1-6, 2012, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v3.2.3007
Abstract The present experimental study investigates the effect of tube-to-tube porous interconnectors on the pressure drop and heat transfer (Nu) of tube
banks. A copper wire mesh porous medium connects successive tubes of the in-line and staggered arrangement of six rows of tubes. The tubes are
subjected to constant and uniform heat flux and cooled by forced convection using water as a cooling fluid in the laminar flow range (100 < ReDuct
< 625). The inline configuration with the tube-to-tube porous medium inter-connectors provides marginal enhancement of heat transfer and 12%
reduction in the pressure drop penalty respectively, compared to tube… More >
Login
Register
